Detective Angie Pallorino took down a serial killer permanently and, according to her superiors, with excessive force. Benched on a desk assignment for twelve months, Angie struggles to maintain her sense of identity—if she’s not a detective, who is she? Then a decades-old cold case washes ashore, pulling her into an investigation she recognizes as deeply personal.Angie’s lover and partner, James … partner, James Maddocks, sees it, too. But spearheading an ongoing probe into a sex-trafficking ring while keeping Angie’s increasing obsession with her case in check is taking its toll. As startling connections between the parallel investigations emerge, Maddocks realizes he has even more than Angie’s emotional state to worry about.
Driven and desperate to solve her case, Angie goes rogue, risking her relationship, career, and very life in pursuit of answers. She’ll learn that some truths are too painful to bear, and some sacrifices include collateral damage.
But Angie Pallorino won’t let it go. She can’t. It’s not in her blood.
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Detective Angie Pallorino must face down her past in this thrilling continuation of a bestselling series.
Angie has been reprimanded for use of excessive force in the takedown of a serial killer and put on desk duty for twelve months. Anger fights with loss of self as Angie delves further into her murky past and learns that sometimes the monsters are in your own backyard.
James Maddocks is sympathetic of his girlfriend’s issues, but he has a job to do- catching the people behind an international human trafficking ring. And he has a bad feeling Angie is pulling the dragon’s tail.
This series is set on the west coast of Canada. The visualizations are so realistic the reader can easily picture the pristine beauty of the area and acts as a strong counterpoint to the horrifying events outlined so spectacularly by Ms. White. She weaves murder, mafia, police procedures, and love into a tale so realistic you’ll be checking the newspaper headlines!
The Lullaby Girl is a page-turning suspense thriller that will keep you guessing right until the very end!
I give The Lullaby Girl 5+ lovely kisses- A Highly Recommended Read!
I cant wait for the next book
Book 2 of Angie Pallerino and I could not put it down, as expected. It was full of suspense, angst, romance, and mystery as the first book. The way Loreth Anne White captivates the reader is phenomenal. The twists and turns of the plot was amazing and how the crimes connected. It has only whet my appetite for more Loreth Anne White. On to book 3 of Angie Palleroni, #TheGirlInTheMoss.
As I was reading the Lullaby Girl in some ways it felt like it should be the third book in the series. We find out who Angie was and where she came from. The finding out isn’t easy and takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride that they won’t see coming. White’s trademark suspense is well in evidence. Finding out who Angie was only leaves more questions as to who she’s going to become. I can’t wait to read the third book to see how they are answered.
This is the second book in the series and it picked up right where The Drowned Girls left off. Detective Angie Pallorino is off of active duty which provides her more time to investigate the clues into her past as the Angel cradle baby. Her past and the present investigation that Maddocks is overseeing regarding the bar code girls found on the Amanda Rose intersect. Fantastic read!
In this second book of the series, the author again delivers an action packed, twisty, steamy, narrative full of colorful characters, good and bad. Now on probation at work and at odds with her feelings for the new guy in her life, Angie goes rouge trying to find her origins, while Maddocks is immersed in the Barcode Girls case. Angie follows her heart and not her head. She is definitely the most stubborn, headstrong, persistent woman on the planet – this is her superpower and her downfall. She doesn’t give an inch while searching out her past, even though her future is in serious jeopardy, but with the help of a few loyal friends, she finally discovers the horrible truth and comes to terms with her violent childhood and the loss of her family. Now she’s faced with a new and uncertain future with Maddocks by her side. I can’t wait to see what the third book has in store.
I really liked this book, more than even the first one. If I could give it 4.5stars, I would. Picking up right where the last one left off, I really liked Angie’s back story and how it tied into Maddocks special assignment. Looking forward to the next one and really interested in how Angie moves on from being a cop.
The author is on my short list of pre-orders, it doesn’t matter what she writes because I know it will be really good.
4.75 stars–THE LULLABY GIRL is the second instalment in Loreth Anne White’s contemporary, adult ANGIE PALLORINO murder/mystery/suspense series focusing on Vancouver Police Department sex crimes Detective Angie Pallorino, and her partner/lover Detective Sergeant James Maddocks. THE LULLABY GIRL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for backstory and cohesion.
Told from several third person perspectives including Angie and James THE LULLABY GIRL picks up immediately after the events of book one-The Drowned Girls-in which Angie Pallorino discovered that the life she lived has been based on a lie. Our heroine has recently been demoted and assigned desk duty in the face of violent take-down that was deemed excessive and unnecessary. Now with time on her hands, Angie begins a personal investigation into a thirty-year old cold case that will alter her life in more ways than one. Going rogue, and without the help of the man that she loves, Angie will come face to face with her past-a deadly encounter meant to end her life-a second time around.
Meanwhile, James Maddocks investigation into a sex-trafficking ring has caught the attention of the FBI and Canada’s RCMP. Partnering with the elite forces James will discover similarities between his case, and the one Angie has been investigating; and a potential showdown with the people in charge places Angie in the direct line of fire as she inserts herself where she doesn’t belong.
THE LULLABY GIRL is a story of betrayal and revenge, of power and control. The imagery and descriptive nature of the story line is dramatic and realistic. The emotional fall out is palpable and intense; the suspense is riveting and powerful. Loreth Anne White’s attention to detail is brilliant; the character development and world building is phenomenal; the energy and passion inspiring; the delivery fluent and artistic- a movie for the mind.
This series is an addiction. Its raw, heart wrenching, gut wrenching, there is crime, mystery, suspense and romance. For me there was anguish, I was right there pulling on Angies sleeve, no, come on Ang, no, don’t do it.
This is book two in the Angie Pallorino series. I highly recommend reading book 1 first.
Thank you Montlake for letting me receive this ARC from NetGalley. I volunteered to provide my honest opinion.